On Jan 31, 4:26 pm, "Guy Atkins" wrote:
I've posted a mini-review and photos of the iRiver X20 MP3 recorder on my
Perseus receiver blog; readers of rec.radio.shortwave may find this model to
be useful for DX recording as I do:

http://perseus-sdr.blogspot.com/2008...r-x20-mp3-reco...

73,

Guy Atkins KE7MAV
Puyallup, WAwww.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com

The Zen V and V Plus (2G and 4G respectively) are nice units but a tad
delicate.
My display died, but the unit still works strong. I know of 10 people
who have them
and only one had his die and that was after a nice wash, rinse and
drier cycle.

The price is comparable but the iRiver X20 may have the advantage in
the SDRAM slot

Have you hear any reviews about how stout the display on the X20 is?

Terry

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Have you hear any reviews about how stout the display on the X20 is?

Terry

Hi Terry,

I've not heard any feedback about the X20's display, but my impression is
that is is pretty sturdy. The case doesn't flex much...it feels stout to me,
despite the very light weight. I think it would be a good idea to keep the
screen covered as much as possible though, such as with the modded Verizon
Chocolate cell phone case I describe in the blog article.

One advantage I see to the X20 over the Zen V series is the 64 kbps
recording format, for smaller file sizes. The lowest rate that the Zen Vs
will record is 128 kbps.

Guy